Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin has disclosed Ghana is set to receive 1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines as a donation made by the German Government, the Daily Graphic has reported.
The development comes following a bilateral discussion between President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel at the just-ended G20 Impact with Africa Summit held in Germany last week.
Addressing journalists at the Jubilee House on Monday, August 30, 2021, said Government has already to commenced the process to dispatch cargo aircraft to bring in the vaccines to Ghana.
"I am happy to inform the people of Ghana that German Chancellor made it known to President Akufo-Addo that 1.2 million to 1.5 million."
Meanwhile, the latest consignment from Germany will add to the 1.5 million doses of Moderna vaccines also made available by the United States.
So far, Ghana has inoculated over one million citizens with various vaccines with a target of vaccinating 20 million of the adult population of vaccines locally.